On the sidelines of the Mediterranean Film Festival, a conference on the future of Syrian cinema, organised by French film industry figures, brought together a group of Syrian filmmakers spanning...

I walk through the city with a surprising sense of belonging, and I see copies of my novel in the storefronts. My eyes catch the title, the “New Release,” my...

"My life is full of contradictions: I live the French language in my daily life, in my friendships, with institutions, administrative transactions, shopping, communicating with official bodies. Meanwhile I inhabit...

"There is no doubt that we Syrians have experienced the existential question—Who are we today?—especially after our social rupture and scattering across all corners of the globe. In our search...

“Syria has been exiled. All Syrians have become strangers to their homeland. Or, perhaps, exile itself has become their homeland.”